Patents by Inventor Gerhard Schnabel

Gerhard Schnabel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10278385
    Abstract: The use of formulations comprising (A) one or more aminocarboxylates, selected from among methylglycine diacetate (MGDA) and its alkali metal salts, glutamic acid diacetate (GLDA) and its alkali metal salts, iminodisuccinate, hydroxyethylimine diacetate and ethyleneiminodisuccinate and the corresponding alkali metal salts, (B) at least one organic compound selected from among organic phosphates, organic phosphonates and organic phosphites and salts of the abovementioned organic compounds, and (C) optionally water, for application to plants or the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stephan Hueffer, Alejandra Garcia Marcos, Paul Klingelhoefer, Gerhard Schnabel
  • Patent number: 10231449
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a water-insoluble pesticide and an alkoxylated polyalkyleneimine. The invention furthermore relates to a method of preparing this composition; to the use of this composition for dispersing agrochemical active substances; to a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired plant growth and/or undesired insect or mite attack and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the composition is allowed to act on the respective pests, their environment or the crop plants to be protected from the respective pest, on the soil and/or on undesired plants and/or on the crop plants and/or on their environment; and furthermore to seed comprising the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Gerhard Schnabel, Paul Klingelhoefer
  • Publication number: 20180368399
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel formulation additives of formula 1 and to the production and use thereof, in particular as adjuvants and additives for agrochemical formulations. A novel combination of known ether sulfates and cations allows products with superior characteristics to be obtained, such as pesticides with improved strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventor: Gerhard SCHNABEL
  • Patent number: 10159246
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising an agrochemical active substance and a copolymer which comprises an N-vinylcarboxamide and a diallyldialkylammonium salt incorporated into the polymer. The invention furthermore relates to a method of preparing this composition; to the use of this composition for dispersing agrochemical active substances; to a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired plant growth and/or undesired insect or mite attack and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the composition is allowed to act on the respective pests, their environment or the crop plants to be protected from the respective pest, on the soil and/or on undesired plants and/or on the crop plants and/or on their environment; and furthermore to seed comprising the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Gerhard Schnabel, Ruth Wirschem, Paul Klingelhoefer, Lucelena Patricio Cardoso
  • Patent number: 10091994
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel formulation additives of formula 1 and to the production and use thereof, in particular as adjuvants and additives for agrochemical formulations. A novel combination of known ether sulfates and cations allows products with superior characteristics to be obtained, such as pesticides with improved strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH
    Inventor: Gerhard Schnabel
  • Patent number: 9814233
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a pesticide, a surfactant and an alkoxylate. Moreover, the invention relates to a concentrate comprising the surfactant and the alkoxylate; and to a process for preparing the composition by bringing into contact the concentrate and a pesticide; or by bringing into contact the pesticide, the surfactant and the alkoxylate; and to the use of the surfactant by addition to a mixture comprising the pesticide and the alkoxylate. The invention furthermore relates to a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired vegetation and/or undesired insect or mite attack and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the composition is allowed to act on the respective pests, their environment or the plants to be protected from the respective pest, on the soil and/or on undesirable plants and/or the crop plants and/or their environment. Furthermore, the invention relates to seed comprising the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Gerhard Schnabel, Paul Klingelhoefer, Marc Nolte, Richard Roger Evans, Gerd Kraemer, Silke Zeyer, Matthias Pfenning
  • Patent number: 9801372
    Abstract: What is described is use of a polymeric solubilizer for increasing the soil mobility of a sparingly soluble insecticide, said polymeric solubilizer having the property that the active insecticidal ingredient in a 1% by weight aqueous solution of the polymeric solubilizer at 25° C. and 1.01325 bar has a solubility at least forty times higher than under the same conditions in pure water, and wherein the active ingredient:solubilizer weight ratio is ?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Michael Ishaque, Marc Rudolf Jung, Holger Tuerk, Tina Schroeder-Grimonpont, Klaus Reinhard, Gerhard Schnabel, Clark D. Klein, Thomas J. Holt, Martin P. Mascianica
  • Patent number: 9585382
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an agrochemical composition comprising a pesticide and a solvent of the formula (B) as described hereinbelow. The invention furthermore relates to a process for the preparation of the composition by bringing the pesticide and the solvent into contact; a use of the solvent of the formula (B) as a solvent for pesticides; methods for controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired vegetation and/or undesired insect or mite attack and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the composition is allowed to act on the respective pests, their environment or on the plants to be protected from the respective pest, on the soil and/or on undesired plants and/or on the crop plants and/or on their environment; and on seed comprising the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Paul Klingelhoefer, Gerhard Schnabel, Ralf Pelzer, Wolfgang Spiegler
  • Patent number: 9258996
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a pesticide and an alkoxylate. Moreover, the invention relates to the alkoxylate, to a process for its preparation and to its use as adjuvant in pesticide-comprising spray mixtures. The invention furthermore relates to a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired vegetation and/or undesired insect or mite attack and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the composition is allowed to act on the respective pests, their environment or the plants to be protected from the respective pest, on the soil and/or on undesirable plants and/or the crop plants and/or their environment. Furthermore, the invention relates to seed comprising the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Paul Klingelhoefer, Sophie Vogel, Kevin Huyghe, Gerd Haderlein, Gerhard Schnabel, Marc Nolte, Richard Roger Evans
  • Publication number: 20160015028
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel formulation additives of formula 1 and to the production and use thereof, in particular as adjuvants and additives for agrochemical formulations. A novel combination of known ether sulfates and cations allows products with superior characteristics to be obtained, such as pesticides with improved strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventor: Gerhard SCHNABEL
  • Patent number: 9198412
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for enhancing the performance of a pesticide comprising the step of contacting an adjuvant and the pesticide, wherein the pesticide is present in a concentration of less than 10 wt % in the resulting composition containing the adjuvant and the pesticide, and wherein the adjuvant contains a guanidine of formula (A) as defined below, and/or a salt thereof. The invention also relates to a composition comprising an auxin-herbicide and said adjuvant; to a use of said adjuvant for enhancing the performance of a pesticide; and to a method of controlling undesired vegetation, which comprises allowing a herbicidal effective amount of said composition to act on plants, their habitat or on seed of said plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Gerhard Schnabel, Marc Nolte, Mariano Ignacio Etcheverry, Gerhard Genari, Thomas Kroehl, Matthias Bratz, Terrance Cannan, Steven Bowe, Chad Brommer, John Frihauf, Charles W. Finch, Walter Thomas
  • Publication number: 20150189877
    Abstract: A herbicide formulation comprising a1) at least one herbicidal active substance from the class of the ACC inhibitors; a2) optionally at least one safener; a3) optionally at least one further herbicidal active substance other than (a1) and (a2); b) one or more solvents of formula (I), R—CO—NR1R2??(I) where R is a C3-C18-hydrocarbon radical, R1, R2 are identical or different and are a C1-C14-hydrocarbon radical or a C1-C14-hydroxyhydrocarbon radical; c) one or more aromatic solvents; d) one or more surfactants from the group of the C8-C22-alkyl alcohols which are alkoxylated, where the terminal hydroxyl groups of these compounds are optionally capped by an alkyl, cycloalkyl or acryl radical having 1-24 carbon atoms; e) one or more emulsifiers; f) optionally one or more auxiliaries and g) optionally water is suitable in particular for controlling undesired grasses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Gerhard Schnabel, Bernd Sievernich, Torsten Meid
  • Publication number: 20150181865
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an adjuvant comprising a sugar-based surfactant; a drift control agent and/or a humectant; and an alkoxylate, wherein the alkoxylate is an amine alkoxylate (A) or a quaternized derivative (AQ) of the amine alkoxylate (A) as defined below. It further relates to a method of preparing said adjuvant by contacting the sugar-based surfactant; the drift control agent and/or the humectant; and the amine alkoxylate (A) or the quaternized derivative (AQ) of the amine alkoxylate (A); and to a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired vegetation and/or undesired insect or mite attack and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the tank mix according is allowed to act on the respective pests, their environment or the plants to be protected from the respective pest, on the soil and/or on undesired plants and/or the crop plants and/or their environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Gerhard Schnabel, Marc Nolte, Paul Klingelhoefer, Matthias Bratz, Mariano Ignacio Etcheverry, Steven Bowe, John Frihauf, Walter Thomas, Chad Brommer, Terrance M. Cannan, Maarten Staal
  • Publication number: 20150157012
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous composition comprising at least 200 g/l of an anionic pesticide and at least 50 g/l of an inorganic base. It further relates to a method for preparing the composition comprising the step of contacting the anionic pesticide and the inorganic base; a method of combating harmful insects and/or phytopathogenic fungi, which comprises contacting plants, seed, soil or habitat of plants in or on which the harmful insects and/or phytopathogenic fungi are growing or may grow, plants, seed or soil to be protected from attack or infestation by said harmful insects and/or phytopathogenic fungi with an effective amount of the composition; and to a method of controlling undesired vegetation, which comprises allowing a herbicidal effective amount of the composition to act on plants, their habitat or on seed of said plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Gerhard Schnabel, Joanna Mecfel-Marczewski, Marc Nolte, Christain Spangler
  • Publication number: 20150150249
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a tank mix, which comprises the step of contacting a pesticide formulation, water, and a tank mix adjuvant which comprises a polypropylene glycol and a triblock polymer comprising at least one polyethyleneoxide moiety and at least one polypropyleneoxide moiety; to the tank mix adjuvant; to a pesticide formulation comprising the tank mix adjuvant: to a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired vegetation and/or undesired insect or mite attack and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the tank mix is allowed to act on the respective pests, their environment or the plants to be protected from the respective pest, on the soil and/or on undesired plants and/or the crop plants and/or their environment, and to a use of the tank mix adjuvant or reducing the wind drift of a pesticide formulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Marc Nolte, Gerhard Schnabel, Ann-Kathrin Marguerre, Viet Nguyen-Kim, Steven Bowe, John Frihauf, Walter Thomas, Maarten Staal
  • Publication number: 20150072856
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a pesticide and an adjuvant selected from a carbamate of the formula (I), a carbamate of the formula (II), or a polymer, which is obtainable by polymerization of at least one alkylene oxide and a carbamate of the formula (I) and/or (II) as defined below.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Gerhard Schnabel, Roman Benedikt Raether, Mariano Ignacio Etcheverry, Silke Zeyer, Gerd Kraemer, Richard Roger Evans, Fabien Jean Brand, Peter Haenggi
  • Publication number: 20150065347
    Abstract: Co-crystals comprising a) a herbicide compound A, which is 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxybenzoic acid (dicamba), and b) a co-crystal former B, which is selected from the group of aromatic, N-containing heterocycles; and their use in agrochemical compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Tiziana Chiodo, Evgueni Klimov, Ansgar Schaefer, Hans Wolfgang Hoeffken, Rolf Hellman, Andre Kabat, Rafel Israels, Gerhard Schnabel, Matthias Bratz, Christine Kibat, Wolfgang Houy
  • Publication number: 20150051076
    Abstract: The present invention relates to q method for preparing a tank mix, which comprises the step of contacting a pesticide formulation, water, and a tank mix adjuvant, wherein the tank mix adjuvant comprises a base selected from a carbonate and/or a phosphate, and wherein the tank mix adjuvant is present in form of a particulate solid, which contains at least 10 wt % of the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Gerhard Schnabel, Marc Nolte, Gerhard Genari, Paul Klingelhoefer, Mariano Ignacio Etcheverry, Steven Bowe, John Frihauf, Chad Brommer, Terrance M. Cannan, Walter Thomas, Maarten Staal
  • Publication number: 20150051077
    Abstract: The present invention relates to q method for preparing a tank mix, which comprises the step of contacting a pesticide formulation, water, and a tank mix adjuvant, wherein the tank mix adjuvant comprises a base, which contains a mixture of an alkali salt of carbonate and an alkali salt of hydrogencarbonate, and wherein the tank mix adjuvant is present in form of an aqueous liquid, which contains at least 50 g/l of the base, or in form of a particulate solid, which contains at least 10 wt % of the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Gerhard Schnabel, Marc Nolte, Gerhard Genari, Paul Klingelhoeffer, Mariano Ignacio Etcheverry, Steven Bowe, John Frihauf, Chad Brommer, Terrance M. Cannan, Walter Thomas, Maarten Staal
  • Publication number: 20150051078
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a tank mix, which comprises the step of contacting a glyphosate formulation, water, and a tank mix adjuvant, wherein the tank mix adjuvant comprises a base selected from a carbonate or an alkali salt of a phosphate, and wherein the tank mix adjuvant is present in form of an aqueous liquid, which contains at least 50 g/l of the base, or in form of a particulate solid, which contains at least 10 wt % of the base, wherein the tank mix has a tank mix acidity of at least pH 8.0, and wherein the tankmix contains at least 50 wt % water. The invention also relates to a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired vegetation and/or undesired insect or mite attack and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the tank mix is allowed to act on the respective pests, their environment or the plants to be protected from the respective pest, on the soil and/or on undesired plants and/or the crop plants and/or their environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Gerhard Schnabel, Marc Nolte, Gerhard Genari, Paul Klingelhoefer, Mariano Ignacio Etcheverry, Steven Bowe, John Frihauf, Chad Brommer, Terrance M. Cannan, Walter Thomas, Maarten Staal